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Linus tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by NCI XCOM your source for great technology selection and service along with Corsair memory and Western Digital so we're here with DJI a brand I actually hadn't heard of before but they are drawing a lot of attention here at the show flying around their phantom 2 vision quadrocopter this is a high-performance quadrocopter and of course the obvious comparison is going to be drawn to the AR Drone but it's a little bit different from the AR Drone so rather than using sonar to detect its height it actually has a different sensor system to detect not only its height but also its distance away from you which is allowing it to stay stable even in this crowded hall it also supports Wi-Fi controls k so that's similar as well as first-person view as well as taking video and photos rights of the quality has been stepped up to correspond to the increased price so it's around $1,200 but it can go as far as 300 meters away from the controller with the Wi-Fi extender that you see here on the controller you control it in a more traditional hobbyist style so you move it down and back and forth up and down and I think they're about to take it away so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to cover a couple of things on here so there's a motor controlled camera a battery indicator and LEDs on the bottom of the unit that allow us to orient it go ahead and take that away thank you very much the iPhone on the top of it can be used to see it in first-person view and it can also be used to control things like camera settings like exposure for example to make sure that you get the best footage that you possibly can this guy's got a GoPro hero3 mounted on it so it's a little bit on the different side I'm just gonna go ahead and give you guys a bit of a better look at it here it makes actually all things considered not a ton of noise but I wouldn't expect to be recording any audio with the camera that's on this thing so the main objective here because it's so expensive it's not necessarily for the casual consumer but for RC enthusiasts just over a thousand dollars might not seem that unreasonable for a remote-control vehicle especially one that includes a 1080p 14 megapixel camera but then again guys there are all kinds of different customers in this world some pros might want to use this but other pros might want to up to the eighth rotor s1000 this one they're not flying around in here but due to its eight rotor design and carbon fiber lightweight construction this guy can hold a Canon 5d including look at this there's a gimbal on it as well for stabilized aerial footage and what's the maximum range on this guy do you happen to know off the top of your head it's still actually under testing so we'll release that once we release the product well there you go guys either way the booth is are drawing a ton of attention here don't miss any of our CES 2014 coverage guys our trip to the show is powered by NCIX your choice for great technology selection and service as well as corsair and western digital